Acronyms
AMAOs
What is Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives?
Refers to the learning of grade-level content
What is Academic Achievement?
Teachers should use the PLDs only when rating TELPAS domains.
What is false? Teachers should use PLDs throughout the year to plan language instruction.
To make sure the collections portray the students' overall English language writing proficiency
What is Goal in Assembling Writing Collections?
Proficiency Level Descriptors
PLDs
BICS
What is Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills?
Refers to the learning of english
What is English Language Proficiency?
Which domains and grade-levels does TELPAS use a holistic rating process and classroom performance for assessment?
What is 2-12 writing and K-1 listening, speaking, reading, and writing?
How many samples are we required to collect?
What is 5 samples?
Little or no English ability
What is Beginning?
BOY
What is Beginning of Year?
What is commonly used to identfy the intermediate level of proficency?
What is the Gist?
Introduction, District Responsibilities, Student Expectations for Second Language Acquistion, and Proficiency Level Descriptors for each Language Domain
What are the ELPS components?
This is this is the only time you will recieve this information- True or False?
False. You recieve these training again and you will also take on online course.
Limited ability, simple language structures, high frequency vocabulary, routine contexts
What is Intermediate Level?
CALP
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
a general understanding of and ability to use language
What is Grasp?
How do the multiple choice TELPAS listening speaking, and reading tests for grades 2-12 address ELPS?
What is each question measures a specific ELPS student expectation (SE)?
Writing at this stage will be formulaic or memorized.
What is Beginning Level?
Grade appropriate, with Second Language aquisition support
What is advanced?
TELPAS
What is Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS)?
The language scaffold a student needs to show understanding of a content area concept
What is Support?
A best practice for teachers whom districts plan to train as new raters this year
What is Fall Awarness?
The manual that is updated yearly to provide guidance for rating.
What is the TELPAS Rater Manual?
Grade appropriate, with minimal second language aquistion support
What is Advanced High?